Washboiler.



H. W. SCHEILER.

WASHBOILER.

l APPLICATION FILED FEB. I5. Isls.

1,228,972. Patented June 5,1917.

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HENRY WILLIAM SCHEILEB, OF LINCOLN, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO STEPHEN-A. FOLEY, OF LINCOLN, ILLINOIS.

WASHBOILER.

- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 5, 19t?.

Application Ied February 15, 1916. Serial No. 78,488.

To all 'wlw/m t may concern.'

Be it known that I, HENRY lV. SGHEILER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lincoln, in the county of'Logan and State of Tllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wlashboilers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to boilers and has for its principal object the provision of means to support clothes or other articles within the boiler or within a container positioned in said boiler.

Another object of the invention resides in the provision of adjustable supporting means of the character stated in combination with a perforated container suspended in a boiler and spaced from the walls of the same, so that scorching of the articles within the container will be prevented.

The invention further resides in the provision of supporting and agit-ating means of the above-stated character which may be used with or without the container as desired.

A further object of the invention is to provide a boiler of this character which is eX- tremely simple in construction, cheap and easy tomanufacture and which is thoroughly reliable and efficient in operation.

`With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a top plan of a boiler constructed in accordance with the invention;

Fi 2 is a transverse section on line 22 of Fig. l looking in the direction indicated by the arrow;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the means for holding the articles within the boiler;

Fig. i is a perspective of one of the supporting brackets.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, wherein is illustrated the preferred embodiment of my invention, 1 designates a boiler which is of the usual construction, being formed from any desired material into any convenient shape and having a bead 2 formed upon its upper edge.

A container 8 formed from any suitable material and of a size slightly less than the size of the boiler 1 is adapted to be arranged within the boiler with its side and bottom walls in spaced relation to the side and bottom walls of the boiler. This container is perforated throughout the extent of its side and bottoni walls so that the water within the boiler may readily pass thereinto. V

The container 3 is open at its top and is preferably provided with an inwardly eX- tending bead d, the said bead being arranged outwardly with respect to the side wall of the container by olf-setting the upper portion of the container, as at 5. This construction readily permits of the application of a per* forated cover 6 to the container, the cover being provided with a flange adapted to rest upon the shoulder formed by laterally eX- tending the container at 5.

The supporting means for the container 3 comprises any desired number of similarly constructed brackets T. Each of these brackets preferably comprises a fiat strip of material suitably 'curled at its ends, as at 8, for engagement with the beads 2 and 4 of the boiler l and container 3 respectively, a laterally extending arm 9 being provided upon the strip 7 and having a vertically extending portion 10 thereon for engagement with the inner wall of the boiler to hold the bracket, and thus the container, rigidly within the boiler. As before stated any desired number of these brackets may be provided for supporting the container within the boiler. However, but ltwo of these bracketsA have been illustrated in the drawings and such number b as been found suiiicient to properly support the container. It may also be stated, that, if desired, any other suitable supporting means may be employed in place of the brackets shown.

The clothes or other articles to be boiled are placed within the container and the lid then applied thereto, the clothes being placed within the container while the same is either arranged within the boiler or removed therefrom, as is most convenient. This construction serves to prevent steam pockets being formed in the clothes and prevents their raising within the boiler and thereby prevents the contents of the boiler from escaping over its edges. By arranging the container in spaced relation from the walls of the boiler scorching of the clothes therein is eflfectually prevented. A bar 11 has its ends curled as at l2 for engagement with the bead 2 of the boiler to hold the same upon the boiler. This bar is adapted to be arranged transversely of the boiler 1ntermediate its ends and is provided, centrally thereof, with a transversely extending elongated opening 13.

A rod 14 is provided which is of a size in transverse section to be snugly received by the opening 13. This rod is provided at its upper end with a handle 15 and at its lower end with oppositely extending armsy 16, the arms being preferably our in number and extending from diametrically opposite points upon the rod, as is illustrated most clearly in Fig. 3 or' the drawings. Two of these arms are oppositely disposed and are relatively longer than the other two arms, the arms being so arranged in view of the elongated nature of the boiler. The rod 14C is provided throughout a portion of its length with spaced recesses 17 which are formed in the opposite edges of the rod in pairs and in alinement- By this construction the rod may be moved vertically with respect to the bar 11 and then twisted after the recesses have been alined with the bar to retain the arms 16 in any vertically adjusted position relative to the bar 11. The four arms 16 and 17 are loosely mounted upon the rod 14 between suitable spacing collars 16. This provides means whereby any desired number or quantity of clothes may be held within the boiler. The bar 11 and arms 16 together withv their adjusting means may be used in conjunction with or independently of the container 3, as will be understood. When the arms 16 together with their supporting and adjusting means are used in conjunction with the container 3 the rod 111 may be passed through a circular opening in the cover 6 which will permit of rotation of the bar relative thereto during its adjustment.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings it is thought that the construction and operation oi' the improved boiler will be thoroughly understood and while I have herein shown and describedone speciiic embodiment of my invention I do not wish to be limited thereto except for such limitations as the claims may impart,

I claim:

1. The combination with a boiler, of a bar supported upon the same, an article container suspended in said boiler, a rod eX tended through said bar and adapted to be adjusted vertically therein, a plurality of arms arranged in pairs crossing one another and loosely mounted upon the end of said rod, said arms being connected with one an* other, and a handle formed upon the upper end oi said rod.

2. The combination with a receptacle, and a second receptacle supported therein and having a removable cover therefor which is Vprovided with a central opening, a bar extending transversely across the first named receptacle and having a slotk therein, a supporting rod extending through the openings in the bar and cover, and within the second mentioned receptacle having notches in its longitudinal edges thereof, and members carried. by the bar adapted to be engaged with the contents of the last mentioned receptacle, the supporting rod being adapted to be arranged at right angles to the longi tudinal center of the slot in the bar whereby certain of the notches in the supporting rod will be engaged with the walls of the slot.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY WILLIAM SCHEILER. Witnesses z WILLIAM P. KUHL, T. ALEX.

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Washington, D. C. 

